tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post7770837480421278895..comments2024-03-29T13:46:38.417+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Amo, Amas, Amat.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86881461201076033052012-01-29T14:24:22.205+00:002012-01-29T14:24:22.205+00:00I wanted to study French and Spanish, but my paren...I wanted to study French and Spanish, but my parents insisted on Latin. While it helped me a bit when I later took Spanish, the only other applications for me were gardening and science. And it is for the SCIENCE that I am grateful I took it. I later wrote to promote graduate programs in engineering for Stanford University and I was stunned by how I was able to intuitively understand some of the terminology...<br /><br />Until I realized that the same word had different meanings in different disciplines.<br /><br />Still, there was a discipline in studying the language that I have a feeling helped in other ways. I think in the states they blew up Latin studies long before they did elsewhere.JeannetteLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528285846408727632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-27805138378175273532012-01-28T21:01:00.681+00:002012-01-28T21:01:00.681+00:00That was a brilliant mark you had in your Latin ex...That was a brilliant mark you had in your Latin exam Cro. That head teacher should never have been teaching.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-58220107660494535242012-01-28T14:00:07.835+00:002012-01-28T14:00:07.835+00:00What a shame you didn't have a teacher that wo...What a shame you didn't have a teacher that would continue to inspire you. It is sad when something you enjoy deteriorates into something you can barely stand to approach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36021189571305616882012-01-28T13:01:06.208+00:002012-01-28T13:01:06.208+00:00I did enjoy my Latin classes and it served me well...I did enjoy my Latin classes and it served me well with other languages that I was taught. I can remember little of it today, but can still read some French and Spanish. After all these years, I find some pride in that.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18373763705544515052012-01-28T12:55:51.637+00:002012-01-28T12:55:51.637+00:00My brother had to study Latin in the Catholic boy&...My brother had to study Latin in the Catholic boy's school he attended. He said that he enjoyed the class, but has strangely never had the need to speak Latin in the outside world. If he had become a priest (and he almost did) he would have gotten full use of those studies. I, myself, have always been good with pig latin, a gift I plan to share with my children very soon. <br /><br />Glad you were able to use the money for art books.Amy Saiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346366018143891761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-4467100547121862462012-01-28T11:06:06.825+00:002012-01-28T11:06:06.825+00:00We didn't do Latin at my appallingly bad Secon...We didn't do Latin at my appallingly bad Secondary Modern, but we did play conkers. "I came, I saw, I conkered" was our motto.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-476520385520208602012-01-28T08:46:51.302+00:002012-01-28T08:46:51.302+00:00Or Veni Vidi Victory.Or Veni Vidi Victory.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91782138887162486902012-01-28T08:43:36.207+00:002012-01-28T08:43:36.207+00:00Ah, that brings back memories of Mr Sykes and a do...Ah, that brings back memories of Mr Sykes and a double period of Latin every Monday afternoon (couldn't wait to get the weekend over!)ploughing our way through 'Ceasar's Gallic Wars'. However, I don't regret having studied Latin. I think it provides a good basis for the study of other languages. If you have had to grapple with Latin declensions and verbs, the mysteries of German grammar hold no fears and, although I have never learnt Italian, I can often have a good stab at reading and understanding some of it.Jennytchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621488409334115930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-38709617841707777922012-01-28T08:39:31.937+00:002012-01-28T08:39:31.937+00:00Sort of venire, videre, veered off artistically th...Sort of venire, videre, veered off artistically then?The Owl Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484484539144369129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-88122298513195352662012-01-28T08:05:22.332+00:002012-01-28T08:05:22.332+00:00Dog Latin has always been a favourite of mine too....Dog Latin has always been a favourite of mine too.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-80486546739614509952012-01-28T07:56:55.523+00:002012-01-28T07:56:55.523+00:00We had to take latin at our school too Cro...Mrs. ...We had to take latin at our school too Cro...Mrs. Pendergrass was our teacher...she inspired me to write this poem in latin...<br /><br />Pendebus sitibus on the deskorum<br />deskibus collaspibus<br />Pende on the floorum<br /><br />I might add there wasn't any bursary offered to me!Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693938275540875952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-41715615343537307592012-01-28T07:51:19.740+00:002012-01-28T07:51:19.740+00:00gz. I think that's true in most cases.gz. I think that's true in most cases.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-71617975101804762482012-01-28T07:37:43.605+00:002012-01-28T07:37:43.605+00:00It has its uses- as an international gardening lan...It has its uses- as an international gardening language if nothing else!<br /><br />It is often that the interaction with a teacher, positive or negative can be more influential than one's talents in a certain subject.gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-59213973434094907312012-01-28T06:34:31.491+00:002012-01-28T06:34:31.491+00:00I was prompted to write the above by a recent prop...I was prompted to write the above by a recent proposition that schools should return to the study of Latin. On re-reading my posting it looks more like Cro versus his Headmaster (sorry about that). I should have stated somewhere that I'm all for the study of Latin... as I am for the compulsory study of Chicken Anatomy; but that's for another day!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com